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Dear friend,

It’s not just that we lock up too many people. We lock up too many people for far too long. We leave them in prison for years—even decades. Some remain behind bars even though the laws that put them there are no longer on the books. Some remain there even though they have done great things in prison and have proven they deserve mercy.

Our laws do not allow people to show that they deserve a second chance—and we need to change that.

At FAMM, we believe the time is now to create mechanisms to give people who are serving excessive sentences a second chance. That's why we're launching our Second Chances Agenda. [link removed] [[link removed]]

We're pushing state and federal policymakers to:

*
Pass
"second
look"
laws
that
direct
courts
to
reconsider
a
person's
sentence
after
10
or
15
years
to
determine
whether
a
shorter
sentence
is
now
appropriate;
*
Expand
compassionate
release
(including
medical
and
geriatric
parole
or
release)
to
allow
elderly
and
sick
people
to
come
home
early;
and
*
Expand
clemency
so
governors
and
the
president
use
their
power
to
shorten
sentences
and
grant
second
chances
to
as
many
deserving
people
as
possible.

Implementing these three mechanisms would mean that people serving extremely long sentences would have a meaningful opportunity to come home and reunite with their families. These reforms can also lead to meaningful reductions in mass incarceration by allowing policymakers to reconsider extreme prison sentences for more serious offenses.

We're going to be working hard to make these reforms a priority across the country for the next year and we need you to join us. Add your name to our Second Chances Agenda petition, and you will be connected with opportunities to fight for reforms that give people a shot at a second chance: [link removed] [[link removed]]

With your support, we can push policymakers to stop throwing people away with extreme sentences that don’t allow for mercy. Thank you for your continued support and advocacy.

Best,

Kevin Ring
President, FAMM
1100 H Street NW | Suite 1000 | Washington, D.C. xxxxxx | Tel: (202) 822-6700
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